The crowd at Thursday's non-league challenge between the Pine Ridge Thorpes (Pine Ridge, SD) and the visiting Takini Skyhawks (Howes, SD), observed Pine Ridge's basketball team overwhelm Takini by a score of 54-12.

The Thorpes (1-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Santee (Santee, NE). The Warriors come into the non-league challenge with a 4-1 record. In their last challenge, Santee trounced Crazy Horse (Wanblee, SD), 75-14, in a non-league challenge.

In their next game, the Skyhawks encounter the Crazy Horse Chiefs (Wanblee, SD) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, December 20. Takini will attempt to improve on its 0-5 season record. The Chiefs come into the challenge with a 0-4 record after their 50-29 non-league loss to Oelrichs (Oelrichs, SD).